LG Skyscraper

High yielding winter wheat

  • UKFM: Group 4
  • Market Options: UK distilling & feed
  • OWBM Resistance: Yes
  • Sowing Date: Normal & late
  • Rotational Position: First, second & continuous cereal
  • Soil Type: Light & heavy soils

LG Skyscraper is a consistently high yielding winter wheat with proven performance across seasons, rotational position and soil type.

With good agronomics suited to a blackgrass situation, LG Skyscraper has a consistent high yield performance across all situations, including the second wheat situation. 

Strengths

  • High yielding winter wheat

  • OWBM resistance

  • Strong disease resistance

Technical Information

UK Yield (% Treated Control)

LG Skyscraper RGT BairstowBlackstone
UK101100 101
East101100101
West999999
North101102103
Untreated (% of treated control)818082

Disease Resistance

LG SkyscraperRGT BairstowBlackstone
Mildew76(6)
Yellow Rust775
Brown Rust566
Septoria Tritici55.55.5
Eyespot545
Fusarium667

Agronomic Features

LG Skyscraper
Lodging (-PGR)6
Lodging (+PGR)6
Straw Length (-PGR)93cm
Straw Length (+PGR)82cm
Ripening (days +/- Skyfall)0
Tillering Capacity*7
Speed of Spring Growth*4

Quality Data

LG SkyscraperRGT BairstowBlackstone
Specific Weight (kg/hl)77.076.678.5
Protein Content (%)10.910.610.7
Hagberg Falling Number218227298
Resistance to Sprouting (1-9)6(6)(7)
Limagrain Field Seeds
Limagrain UK
Rothwell, Market Rasen, Lincolnshire, LN7 6DT
Tel: +44 (0)1472 371471 Email: enquiries@limagrain.co.uk Web: www.lgseeds.co.uk
Registered Company No: 1305690 England

LG Skyscraper

High yielding winter wheat

LG Skyscraper is a consistently high yielding winter wheat with proven performance across seasons, rotational position and soil type.

With good agronomics suited to a blackgrass situation, LG Skyscraper has a consistent high yield performance across all situations, including the second wheat situation. 

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Key Strengths

  • High yielding winter wheat

  • OWBM resistance

  • Strong disease resistance

Technical Information

UK Yield (% Treated Control)

LG Skyscraper RGT BairstowBlackstone
UK101100 101
East101100101
West999999
North101102103
Untreated (% of treated control)818082

Disease Resistance

LG SkyscraperRGT BairstowBlackstone
Mildew76(6)
Yellow Rust775
Brown Rust566
Septoria Tritici55.55.5
Eyespot545
Fusarium667

Data used from AHDB RL Trials 2025 & AHDB 2026/2027 Recommended List. On the 1-9 scales, high figures indicate that a variety shows the character to a high degree (e.g. high resistance). ( ) = limited data. 

Agronomic Features

LG Skyscraper
Lodging (-PGR)6
Lodging (+PGR)6
Straw Length (-PGR)93cm
Straw Length (+PGR)82cm
Ripening (days +/- Skyfall)0
Tillering Capacity*7
Speed of Spring Growth*4

Data used from AHDB RL Trials 2025 & AHDB 2026/2027 Recommended List. On the 1-9 scales, high figures indicate that a variety shows the character to a high degree (e.g. high resistance). Agronomic features marked with * are breeders perspective.

Quality Data

LG SkyscraperRGT BairstowBlackstone
Specific Weight (kg/hl)77.076.678.5
Protein Content (%)10.910.610.7
Hagberg Falling Number218227298
Resistance to Sprouting (1-9)6(6)(7)

Data used from AHDB RL Trials 2025 & AHDB 2026/2027 Recommended List. On the 1-9 scales, high figures indicate that a variety shows the character to a high degree (e.g. high resistance). ( ) = limited data. 

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